Fire Starter: Reward offered for arson information

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By Daily News Staff

Siskiyou Daily News, Yreka, CA

By Daily News Staff

Posted Sep. 20, 2013 at 10:26 AM

By Daily News Staff
Posted Sep. 20, 2013 at 10:26 AM

Yreka

CAL FIRE (California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection) Siskiyou Unit and the Klamath National Forest have announced that a reward up to $20,000 is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for starting the Salmon River Complex and Butler fires.

Each agency is contributing $10,000 to this joint effort.

"These fires were a serious threat to private property in the Salmon River drainage, and we are tremendously lucky not to have lost any homes," commented CAL FIRE Siskiyou Unit Chief Bernie Paul in a press release. "We know these fires were started by human action, and we want to find the person responsible."

The Salmon River Complex and Butler fires, as well as four additional fires in the area extinguished by first responders, were started approximately between 9-10:30 p.m. on July 31.

Anyone with information regarding these fires is asked to contact the Arson Tip Line at (800) 468-4408. Callers may remain anonymous.

"These fires have burned more than 37,000 acres, put local communities and firefighters at great risk, and cost taxpayers millions of dollars to fight," said Klamath Forest Supervisor Patty Grantham. "All that for fires that never should have started in the first place."